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Xie Lan transmigrated into a book and became the daughter of Cheng Rong, the book's ultimate self-sacrificing saint.
Cheng Rong was the classic saint who sacrificed her own daughter for the sake of other people's children. When Xie Lan's uncle fled out of town over gambling debts, Cheng Rong took in his only daughter and waited on her hand and foot, making Xie Lan give in at every turn.
As soon as Xie Lan finally won a scholarship, Cheng Rong snatched it up to send her niece to an elite school.
When Xie Lan was hospitalized with a high fever and almost unconscious, Cheng Rong never came to visit. Her niece had done badly on a quiz and was in a bad mood, so Cheng Rong cooked all sorts of dishes to cheer her up.
Even more absurdly, when her niece got disappointing results on the college entrance exam, Cheng Rong told Xie Lan to marry early and use the bride price to fund her niece's studies abroad.
Just after transmigrating, Xie Lan ran into Cheng Rong demanding her scholarship. Cheng Rong looked at her as if it were only natural and guilt-tripped her: "Xie Lan, you're my daughter. I know you'll understand your mom."
Xie Lan: She did not understand.
After years of Cheng Rong's brainwashing, the original Xie Lan had become timid and desperate for affection. In the end, she really did obey Cheng Rong's ridiculous orders. After graduating from high school, she didn't go to college, but went to work in a factory instead, handing over every penny she earned to Cheng Rong to pay for her cousin's education abroad.
When she reached the legal age for marriage, the original Xie Lan married a man ten years older than her. Meanwhile, her cousin returned in triumph after finishing her studies abroad and got a job at a Fortune 500 company.
Xie Lan never expected to transmigrate into an infuriating novel she'd read before bed, and become a minor character among minor characters. The original had the same name as her, and in a novel centered on romance, she was barely mentioned.
Even those few mentions were enough to infuriate Xie Lan.
Cheng Rong's niece, meanwhile, was the novel's heroine. Ninety-nine percent of the book followed her transformation from a bickering rival to a sweet couple with the domineering CEO hero at a Fortune 500 company.
Xie Lan wasn't the original. She wouldn't blindly obey Cheng Rong, and she certainly wouldn't crave her mother's love. She slapped Cheng Rong's hand away and said coldly, "No."
Cheng Rong stared in disbelief, her face twisting into a scowl.
Whoever wants to be this brainless saint's bargain-bin daughter can have the job! It won't be Xie Lan!
Theme: Love yourself before loving anyone else
